Forrest Sterling Hughes
Military
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UPL 25598
Forrest S. Hughes, 93rd Bomb Group
Snippet from 93rd Bomb Group unit history - see https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/25115
Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 16-Apr-43 in B-24 41-23732 'Liberty Lass. ' Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag 17B and moved to work camp 48-15.
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13040527
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner / Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19059721
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17005705 / O-727902
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39234251
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Francisco, CA | 20 August 1910 | |
Enlisted |
3 January 1942 | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 16 April 1943 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag XVIIb. |
Other Baled out POW |
Bay of Biscay | 16 April 1943 | Plane crashed into Bay of Biscay. Prisoner of War (POW) |
Other Discharged USAAF |
28 August 1945 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
27 September 2005 | ||
Based |
Hardwick | 16 April 1943 | Assigned to 409BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, MACR 15198 Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 104, NARA